The Fate of Liberal Arts in Today's Schools and Colleges

INTRODUCTION 1.Origins of the Idea 2.Liberal Arts in the Schools and Colleges in Early America 3.The First Public Schools in America 4.The Establishment of Vocational Schools 5.The Community College 6.The Progressive Education Movement 7.History Becomes the Social Studies 8.Philosophy as a Component of a Liberal Arts Education 9.Latin and Other Foreign Languages in the Liberal Arts Tradition 10.The Future of the Arts in Our Schools and Colleges 11.The Impact of Technology on the Liberal Arts 12.C.P. Snow and the Two Cultures Debate 13.School Choice and the Liberal Arts 14.The Growing Impact of the Federal Government 15.The Common Core Curriculum 16.Poverty and the Availability of an Equal Educational Opportunity 17.A Liberal Arts Education for Special Education and Gifted and Talented Students 18.The Impact of Other Programs 19.The Liberal Arts in Our Colleges 20.The Future of the Liberal Arts